{"product_id":"midnight-tide-1","title":"[ONLINE AUCTION] Original Painting from the Stillwater Collection, 'Midnight Tide'","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eMidnight Tide \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e60h x 20w inches \/ 152.4h x 50.8w cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eacrylic paint on canvas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eValued at $3,600 USD\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe moon has never once touched the sea. All it does is pull - and the sea, faithfully follows. Even while the world sleeps, the tide keeps moving. Nothing tells it to. Nothing has to. It's just wonderfully, perpetually in motion. There is something wondrous about the magnetic pull between moon and ocean, never ceasing, like the tide itself. Motion amongst the stillness.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI believe mercy works the same way -  pulling on us from somewhere we cannot see, asking nothing never once needing to touch us directly to move us completely. I have felt this pull countless times. Most often it is by the water, but I find the feeling distinct at night. This is because I see mercy like light. It is everywhere. Holding everything. And without it, the world would be unbearably dark. Even as we sleep, this reality is fixed. Mercy has a constancy to its rhythms, like all of nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat I have recently recognized, though, is how the depths of the night sky actually enhance light. We cannot comprehend light without darkness to contrast it. The night sky does not detract from light - it complements it. I recognized this truth again recently, watching the starlit ocean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMidnight Tide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a personal reminder for me that even when I cannot see, when the darkness is thick, mercy and light are there, pulling me to look up, to find flickers of this ancient truth still sparkling in the sky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuction details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarting bid:\u003c\/strong\u003e $3240 USD. Bid in the auction panel above. Each bid must be at least the \"Next Minimum Bid\" shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuction closes: \u003c\/strong\u003eFriday October 16 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (PT).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acrylic on canvas, unframed. Signed by the artist, with a certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery bid is binding. \u003c\/strong\u003ePlease bid only if you intend to buy. The winner receives an emailed invoice and must pay within 12 hours, or the painting may go to the next-highest bidder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll auction sales are final. \u003c\/strong\u003eThere are no returns or exchanges. The only exceptions are damage in transit or a material misdescription reported within 5 days of delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping: \u003c\/strong\u003eFree within the U.S.; $300 USD flat rate anywhere outside the U.S. International buyers pay any import duties and taxes. To protect it in transit, the painting is removed from its stretcher, rolled, and shipped in a commercial tube. It arrives unstretched and ready for your framer; the stretcher is not included. Allow 2–4 weeks from payment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocal pickup (Seattle area): \u003c\/strong\u003efree, by appointment, within 14 days of payment. Picked-up paintings stay on their stretcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright: \u003c\/strong\u003eyou own the painting. 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